The early books in Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos series. The main character is a practicing assassin in a Renaissance-ish mostly-fantasy* swashbuckling world, and most of his adventures involve going up against other assassins**.
* Okay, they're actually leftover space alien experiments, but they don't talk about that much.
**And the occasional evil sorceror. And space alien. And having lovingly described gourmet meals.
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